WEBVTT YOU COULD SEE THE SMOKE FOR MILES. AN OLD WAREHOUSE GOING UP IN FLAMES IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA. WE TALK TO THE NEIGHBOR WHO CALLED IT IN.(have it all happen right there in front of you is pretty shocking) THAT MAN WAS HANGING UP A SIGN OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE INSIDE.. AND DISCOVERED THE FIRE. FIRE FIGHTERS STARTED ATTACKING THE FIRE AROUND 11:30... SPENT SEVERAL HOURS AT 26TH AND DORCAS BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETELY UNDER CONTROL. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S TONY CORNETT IS LIVE. WE'RE AT DORCAS AND 26TH WHERE AROUND LUNCH TIME TODAY THIS OLD WAREHOUSE WENT UP IN FLAMES AND AND CREATED A LOT OF SMOKE AROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES ....THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THIS BUILDING IS PRETTY WELL DESTROYED. THE SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES.. AND IT WAS ALL COMING FROM HERE-- THE EMPTY WAREHOUSE JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 4-80 AT 26TH AND DORCAS. FLAMES AND BILLOWING THICK SMOKE IT WAS AROUND 11-30 IN THE MORNING. PAT SALVATOR-- THE OWNER OF "CANPAC": THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR-- WAS WORKING AT THE SITE, AND HAD just UNROLLED AN EXTENSION CORD.(Pat Salvatore, Eyewitness, "And soon as we got through, I looked around and saw some black smoke started billowing out of that building.")SALVATORE HEARD SOMETHING FROM INSIDE-- HE THINKS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PERSON.BUT HE DIDN'T SEE ANYONE.AND WITH THIS KIND OF DEVASTATION-- AT THIS POINT-- NO ONE CAN BE SURE.(NATS!!! --pump noise--) GIVEN THE THREAT OF A ROOF COLLAPSE-- AND WITH NO THREAT TO OTHER PROPERTIES NEARBY-- OMAHA FIREFIGHTERS KEPT A SAFE DISTANCE. THEY STAYED OUTSIDE-- AND FOUGHT THE FIRE FROM ABOVE.(Bernard Kanger, Interim Fire Chief.OFD, "The incident commander went to a defensive operation which meant that none of our firefighters were going to enter the structure." ) (NATS!!! --firefighter chatter--)(Tony Cornett, Reporting, "That brand new sign you see on the end of the building that says We Buy Cans ... That's the sign the crew was working on when they heard the noise inside the warehouse and discovered the fire and called it in.")IT TOOK A COUPLE OF HOURS TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.THE ROOF COLLAPSED...A COMPLICATION FOR FIRE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING FOR A CAUSE.PAT SALVATORE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF SOMEONE SET THE FIRE.FOR NOW-- HE'LL WAIT TO FIND OUT-- AND LOOK AT THE MESS NEXT DOOR(Pat Salvatore, Eyewitness, "I think there goes the neighborhood. --laughs--") HE SAYS THE WAREHOUSE HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND IS ALSO OWNED BY --HIS-- LANDLORD. HE SAYS HE'LL MAKE THAT CALL WHEN HE HAS A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED. THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION... AND IS EXPECETD TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. TONY CORNETT REPORTING LIVE. THANK